Surieyan

<p>One day, Chettiyar Amma finds a man shivering due to intense cold weather in Top Slip, Pollachi. She immediately rescues him and treats him like her own son. The man is Surieyan, an officer, but he hides his identity and prefers being called as Mottai. Surieyan gets employed as a driver to Usha, the only arrogant daughter of a rich landlord Koopu Konar. Usha ill-treats Surieyan but upon realising his true identity, she feels confused. Surieyan tells his back story. Surieyan, an IPS officer is employed in Security forces. During an international summit in Bangalore, the home minister of India urges Surieyan to devise a strategy to assassinate the Prime Minister of India promising him a few thousands of dollars in return. Surieyan gets furious and kills the home minister for which he is wanted by the police. Surieyan escapes from them and hides in Top Slip as he previously overheard home minister’s conversation to his henchman Micky. Surieyan hides his identity and keeps monitoring the forest to trace the activities of Micky, so that he can prove his innocence. Usha falls in love seeing Surieyan’s dedication to nation. She elopes from her house and marries Surieyan contrary to her father’s wishes. Meanwhile, Surieyan finds some suspicious activities in the forest and keeps track of them to gather evidence. Finally he finds out that Micky is under the protection of Koopu Konar and Micky plans to assassinate Prime Minister during his visit to Pollachi. Police trace the whereabouts of Surieyan and arrest him. Micky and Koopu Konar plan to kill Surieyan, so that they are saved. Koopu Konar secretly plants a bomb while visiting Surieyan in prison, but unfortunately, Koopu Konar himself gets killed in the attack. Surieyan escapes from prison and finds out Micky and kills him. In the end, the Prime Minister visits Surieyan and thanks him for his dedication. After the success of (1991), again collaborated with cast member and director for a new project titled . During the scene where the title character shaves his hair, Sarathkumar himself did so because the producers were unable to hire a barber. The film was shot at different locations including and places in Rajasthan. and worked as associate directors. The soundtrack was composed by , and the lyrics for the songs were written by . The song “Pathinettu Vayadhu” is based on ” “, a Hindu devotional song. The song “Laalaku Dole” belongs to the genre, and follows a . For the -dubbed version , the lyrics were written by . was released on 14 August 1992. On the same day, Ayyappa Prasad wrote “[ ] is a racy entertainer that keeps the viewers attention engaged till the end”. On 22 August, K. Vijiyan of praised the director, saying he “succeeds in keeping the viewers in suspense” but criticised the stunt sequences for being unconvincing. C. R. K. of praised the acting, comedy and cinematography. At the , Goundamani won the Award for Best Comedian, M. Sundaram won for Best Dance Master, and Sarathkumar received an “extraordinary Special Award” for acting in the film. The film was a major breakthrough for Sarathkumar who previously played mainly negative roles, and its success made him a much sought-after lead actor. It also helped popularise Top Slip as a tourist attraction. The comedy track performed by Goundamani became popular, as did his dialogue “Arasiyalla Ithellam Satharanampa” ( ).</p>